Every September, the weekend after Labor Day, Camel’s Back Park turns into a three-day block party. That is the Hyde Park Street Fair, the North End’s funkiest arts and music festival and the biggest fundraiser of the year for the North End Neighborhood Association.

Admission is free all weekend. It is a good one for early Christmas shopping, catching local bands, or just parking yourself on the grass with a Sockeye beer while the kids run laps. Here is everything you need to know before you go, including this year’s dates, the full main stage lineup, what is happening in the dome, and how to get there without spending an hour hunting for parking in the North End.

The Hyde Park Street Fair is a free, three-day arts and music festival put on by the North End Neighborhood Association (NENA). It started in 1979 as a small merchant fair on 13th Street in Hyde Park, a few blocks from where it is now. When it outgrew the street, the neighborhood association took it over and moved it up the hill to Camel’s Back Park, where it has been ever since.

Today it draws more than 200 vendors and somewhere north of 20,000 people over the weekend, and it still runs on volunteers and local acts. Nearly every band on the stages and nearly every vendor in the booths is local.

There is a geodesic dome with drum circles, tie-dye for sale, and a general peace-and-love vibe that has stuck around since the ’70s.

This year, the fair runs Friday, September 18th through Sunday, September 20th, 2026, in its 47th year.

• Friday: 4 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
• Saturday: 10 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
• Sunday: 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Where: Camel’s Back Park, 1200 Heron St., Boise. The park sits at the north end of 13th Street, right above Hyde Park.

Admission: Free.

NENA runs an info booth in the park with fair merchandise (all profits go to the association) and a sign-up sheet for neighborhood volunteer opportunities. A downloadable event map is posted on the Hyde Park Street Fair page each year.

Vendor booths fill Camel’s Back’s flat lower lawn, and this year there are more than 200 vendors. Find everything from pottery, jewelry, paintings and prints, woodwork, textiles, clothing, candles, and the tie-dye you would expect from a fair that started in the ’70s. The rest is a mix of local nonprofits, commercial vendors, and food.

Most vendors take cards, but cash is handy for smaller purchases and keeps the lines moving.

Because the vendor list is heavily local, this is a good place to find makers you can still find in the future.

See vendor info on the North End Boise website.

Food and drink vendors are mixed in with the booths, with the usual festival spread of savory stands, sweets, coffee, and cold drinks. Lines get long around lunch and dinner on Saturday, so eat a little early or a little late if you want to skip the lines.

Hyde Park itself is a block away, so if you would rather sit down, the restaurants and coffee shops along 13th Street are within a five-minute walk up the street.

Beer and wine are sold at two adult beverage tents inside the park (21+ with ID). Sockeye Brewing makes a limited-run Hyde Park Streetfest Ale that you can only get at the fair.

Music runs on two stages all weekend, plus the dome (more on that below). The Main Stage is where the headliners play, and the Community Stage hosts dance studios, world music, and smaller local acts. Both are free. Bring a blanket or a low chair and claim a spot on the grass.

Here is the 2026 Main Stage lineup:

Friday, September 18th

• 5:15 – 6:00 p.m. | Andy Crosby & The Burning Roses
• 6:20 – 7:05 p.m. | Rediviva
• 7:25 – 8:10 p.m. | Dozey Dubs
• 8:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Afrosonics

Saturday, September 19th

• 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. | Charlie & The Changelings
• 1:10 – 1:55 p.m. | Kayleigh Jack McGrath
• 2:20 – 3:05 p.m. | Country Club
• 3:30 – 4:15 p.m. | Lindzey Autumn
• 4:40 – 5:25 p.m. | Brook Faulk Band
• 5:50 – 6:35 p.m. | Innocent Man
• 7:00 – 7:45 p.m. | Shon Sanders & The 4 Penny Peep Show
• 8:10 – 9:30 p.m. | Sean Hatton & Friends, with special performances by Steve Fulton and members of Grateful

Sunday, September 20th

• 11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | Kelly Lynae
• 12:40 – 1:25 p.m. | Eric Henderson
• 1:50 – 2:35 p.m. | Bernie Reilly Band
• 3:00 – 3:45 p.m. | Gary Tackett
• 4:10 – 5:10 p.m. | Low Fi
• 5:35 – 7:00 p.m. | A Very Special Secret Headliner

Over on the Community Stage, you will find Irish Dance Idaho and Flamenco Idaho on Friday; a full day of dance studios, Cairo Fusion, and Sunsmith on Saturday; and Marimba Boise, Raks al Dunia, and Beyond the Burren on Sunday. Schedules can change without notice, so check the official PDFs before you go.

See the official entertainment schedules here.

The geodesic dome is the fair’s third stage and the most Hyde Park thing about it. Over the weekend, it hosts sound baths, all-levels yoga, qi gong, breathwork, a kirtan song circle, ecstatic dance, and several community drum circles. Everything in the dome is free and drop-in.

A few highlights from this year’s schedule:

• Friday: handpan jam session at 5:30 p.m., community drum circle at 6:45 p.m., ecstatic dance at 8 p.m.
• Saturday: sound bath at 10 a.m., yoga at 11:10 a.m., drum workshop at 1:15 p.m., Cosmic Pulse drum circle at 5 p.m., DJ set to close the night.
• Sunday: sound bath and tea ceremony at 10 a.m., yoga at 11:10 a.m., qi gong at 12:20 p.m., breathwork at 1:30 p.m., closing drum circle at 4 p.m.

The morning sessions on Saturday and Sunday are calm and uncrowded, which makes them a nice way to ease into the day before the park fills up.

There is no dedicated parking lot for the fair. Camel’s Back is a neighborhood park in the North End where parking is already limited. The surrounding streets always fill up fast. If you drive, expect to park several blocks away and walk in. Watch for posted restrictions and do not block driveways.

Plan on one of these instead if you can:

Bike. This is the easiest option by a mile. A free bike corral runs during fair hours (bring your own lock), and every bike checked in gets a raffle entry for an Electra Cruiser GO e-bike.

Saturday park-and-ride. Valley Regional Transit runs a free shuttle on Saturday only from the school lot at 300 W. Fort St., about every 30 minutes from 9:45 a.m. until the fair closes. There is no shuttle on Friday (school is in session) or Sunday.

Regular bus. On Friday and Saturday, VRT routes run their normal schedule. Get off at 13th and Ridenbaugh and walk two blocks north into the park. VRT does not run on Sundays.

Rideshare. Uber and Lyft have a designated drop-off and pick-up spot on 13th Street just north of Heron Street, next to the park.

Scooters. Lime scooters are welcome, but leave them at the designated drop zone on the east end of the park near the tennis courts so they do not block paths or emergency access.

See full transportation and parking details here.

• Go Friday evening or Sunday morning if you hate crowds. Saturday afternoon is the peak, both for vendor traffic and for the beer tents.
• Do a full lap first. The booths run in rows across the lower lawn. Walk the whole thing before you buy so you are not hauling a ceramic planter around for three hours.
• Bring cash and a tote. Most vendors take cards, but small purchases go faster with cash, and you will want a bag.
• Bring a blanket or low chairs. The main stage lawn is first come, first served, and the evening sets on Friday and Saturday fill in.
• Leave the dog at home. NENA’s own guidance is that the crowds and stage noise are hard on dogs. Service animals are welcome.
• Layer up for the evening shows. Mid-September afternoons are warm, but it cools off fast once the sun drops behind the foothills.
• Explore Hyde Park after. The shops and restaurants on 13th Street are a block away, and it is a good way to end the day once you have done the fair.

Learn more about the Hyde Park Street Fair on the North End Boise website.